title: Revisiting the chemistry of the actinocenes [(η8-C8H8)2An] (An = U, Th) with neutral Lewis bases. Access to the bent sandwich complexes [(η8-C8H8)2An(L)] with thorium (L = py, 4,4'-bipy, tBuNC, R4phen).
abstract: In stark contrast to uranocene, (Cot)2Th reacts with neutral mono- or bidentate Lewis bases to give the bent sandwich complexes (Cot)2Th(L) (L = py, 4,4'-bipy, tBuNC, phen, Me4phen). DFT calculations in the gas phase show that, for both U and Th, formation of the bent compound (Cot)2An(L) should be facile, the linear and bent forms being close in energy.
authors.affiliation: CEA, IRAMIS, SIS2M, CNRS UMR 3299, CEA/Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France. jean-claude.berthet@cea.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Berthet
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thuéry
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Garin
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dognon
authors.forename: Thibault
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cantat
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ephritikhine
mesh_terms: D058115:Lewis Bases / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013910:Thorium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014501:Uranium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D058115:Lewis Bases; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D014501:Uranium; D013910:Thorium